The Rocket Prospect is a tungsten and copper mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Copper
Lat, Long: 45.1722, -115.36420
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Rocket Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rocket Prospect
Secondary: White Bluff
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Edwardsburg District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Payette National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Wiles, Wilbur
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Tremolite - Actinolite, Muscovite, Garnet
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.02, 0.08, AND 0.5% SCHEELITE
Materials
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCK STRIKES N 30 - 50 DEG W AND DIPS 60 - 75 DEG NE; KIRKPATRICK (1974) IS UNSURE OF AGE OF QUARTZ - FELDSPAR GNEISS, BUT BELIEVES IT TO BE BETWEEN PRECAMBRIAN AND CRETACEOUS; PRIOR AUTHORS LABELED THIS ROCK AS CRET. GRANITIC ROCK OF IDAHO BATHOLITH
Comment (Location): 1 MI SW FROM JUNCTION OF SMITH CREEK AND WERDENHOFF MINE ROADS
Comment (Commodity): SCHEELITE OCCURS MAINLY AS FLOAT
Comment (Development): 6 LODE CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: SCHEELITE DEPOSITS TOO SMALL TO MAKE PROSPECT COMMERCIAL
References
Reference (Deposit): CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P.
Reference (Deposit): KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG CREEK AREA, VALLEY AND IDAHO COUNTIES, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, P. 39 - 40
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON F. W. CATER AND OTHERS, BULL. 130
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